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Middle School Magazine -2- MS Magazine Team 2013-2014 Trimester 2
Pictured: From left to right- Top Row: Laura Lux, Yukino Shimizu, Michel Knaf, Bennet
Wahlers, Dennis Heintz, Arnaud Glaesener, Emmanuel Diss. Bottom Row: Grayson Barrett,
Marcus Cope, Braden Davila, Colton Summers, Ian Kearns, Robert Stok, Kristopher Berkel
MS Magazine Team
MS Magazine Team 2013-2014 Trimester 2
Winter 2013/2014 -3- MS Magazine Team 2013-2014 Trimester 2
Table of Contents
MS Magazine Team 2013-2014 Trimester 2
MS Magazine Team2
Nature Poem
Adam Danielson4
The Tsunami
Hyat Higginbotham5
Space Camp 2013
Ian Kearns6
8th Grade AFRIKI Project
Ben Faulkner7
Sarika Hayes10
New York Photographer visits ISL
Colton Summers12
Interview with Luxembourgish Taekwondo Champion
- Christine van der Grift
Emanuel Diss13
Interview with Howard Carter
Charlote Scheideler14
ISMTF Middle School Math Competition
Marcus Cope and Michel Knaf16
TSCHICK
Mabel Prendergast18
Do violent video games induce violence?
Robert Stok19
7th Grade Trip to Trier
Kyla White and Matlda Aberg20
Funky Foods from the Roman Times
Melkorka Kjartansdotr21
NECIS Basketball
Kyla White and Matlda Aberg22
NECIS Swimming
Colton Summers23
Student Becomes Coach
Bennet Wahlers23
The AMIS Middle School Girls Honors Choir was held on April 2 2014 - April 6 2014. It was
a very fun experience for us all and wed absolutely want to repeat it if we can. Singing in
Norway was just amazing, and wed like to recommend it to anyone whos interested. Our
trip was one we wont forget.
Middle School Magazine -4- Nature Poem
Nature Poem
Adam Danielson
The wind isnt rushing,
Clouds stand still,
Waiting for something
at the edge of the hills.
Wind starts to rush again,
Like a runner in a race.
It howls like a wolf,
never to be tamed.
Clouds turn a deep grey,
not caring.
Young children look up,
staring.
A small fash,
under the cover of the clouds.
Kids whisper their oohs and wows.
Not knowing the distant fash miles away,
might be the last thing they will see that day.
From the small hill,
a few miles away.
A ferce tornado, growing
rips and tears objects out its way.
Ancient trees to pieces of dust,
nothing is safe from the lethal gust.
slowly it nears,
the awe of children rapidly turn to fear.
Its frst target, a tattered old fence.
Twists closer and closer and then,
It attacks with all of its might.
The creaking house didnt put up a fght.
Wall gets torn of
like a soldier thats been shot,
it slowly crumples on the spot.
The crowd amazed by the horrifc destruction,
suddenly screams,
like a menacing eruption.
They all start to run, the slow get sucked in.
Screaming, knowing it could all end.
Survivors scurry for a place to hide.
Only debris is visible, fying by.
They spot a small pig fying right by.
Spot a small cave, dark cold but dry.
No more options, run in to hide.
Minute go by, and the distructful grey mass,
of clouds and wind has stopped its attack.
Look around, theres only chaos and death.
The hurricane left a murderous mess.
Large piles of debris, everywhere they lie.
buried under rubble, you hear peoples cries.
Much like a dog, trapped inside.
No matter where you look, right or left,
No organization, like a messy old desk.
Sky starts to clear, with a dazzling sun.
But it isnt a day of joy and fun.
Air is flled with depression and decay.
The games of nature is not a game to play.
The Tsunami
Hyat Higginbotham
There came a wave like a big hand,
Taking everything on the land,
Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide,
No one could survive the dreadful tide,
The buzzing of the bells,
Gave light to tell,
That all in the land,
Will be hit by the hand,
The approaching sky was black as night,
With complete destruction in sight,
No one knew he was on his way,
Until he decided to come out and play,
As the ocean tide rose and fell,
People of the village gave a ghostly yell,
Lifting trees left and right,
No one stood a chance to fght,
Crashing houses tearing them down,
Lifting cars up and down,
Seeping its way in every ones heart,
Tearing the land forever apart,
Lives were lost but some were found,
Brutally killed by the hungry hound,
When the hand came with the force like an army,
The few that survived now knew the meaning of a tsunami.
Winter 2013/2014 -5- Te Tsunami
Middle School Magazine -6- Space Camp 2013
On December 12, the sixth grade
came back from what Antonio
Del Rio called THE BEST THING
EVER!!! The entire sixth grade
went to a training center for as-
tronauts called the Euro Space
Camp, which is designed to allow
visitors to experience the type of
preparation for space that astro-
nauts would go through. There,
the kids performed a variety of ex-
ercises, including going on a mock-
up mission in a simulated space
shuttle. They were also strapped
into a fast rotating chair to repli-
cate the disorientation you would
feel in space and then, when re-
leased, attempt to perform func-
tions, which would normally be
simple but after spinning were dif-
fcult. The sixth graders built and
launched model rockets which
went surprisingly far. A 4d mov-
ie about a space race was shown
as the frst day wound down and
Apollo 13 was also viewed. The
food, most kids said, was abso-
lutely terrible, but this writer and
a few others say otherwise. The
trip was overnight, and overall
the sixth graders had a blast that
night. It was an opportunity of
a lifetime, a chance to see if you
had what it takes to go into space.
Who knows, maybe one of us will
realize that we have the makings
to be a future astronaut after this
trip?
Space Camp 2013
Ian Kearns
Winter 2013/2014 -7- AFRIKI Project
LOCALMAN
10TH DECEMBER, 2013 VOLUME 162, ISSUE 343
NEW YORK TIMES
Background
One of the most prevalent issues
threatening South Sudan in recent
years is the lack of clean and fresh-
water sources in close proximity to
many of the countrys remote villag-
es. South Sudan is the newest coun-
try in existence as of 2011 and its
villages are less well known than
places like Darfur in North Sudan.
Children and women are having to
walk for up to six hours a day, three
hours each way to collect water
from ponds, marshes, ditches, and
wells, and then carry 20 litres of
water back to their village. As well
as taking up valuable tme, the dirty
water contains parasites that can
transfer many diseases such as diar-
rhea, hepatts E, and guinea worm
disease. Furthermore, most of the
water supply is used for irrigatng
land for use with mechanized farm-
ing methods, which is partally the
reason behind the land becoming
desert and requiring drills to extract
water from the water table. Even
the economy has been drastcally
afected by this, as water from the
Nile Basin is shared between other
countries too, causing water stress
throughout Sudan. South Sudans
lack of water grew exponentally
startng in 1985 when civil war was
present in relaton to South Sudans
fght for independance. Rebels had
started killing the inhabitants of
villages, causing many people to
fee, including the 20,000 Lost Boys
of Sudan. Salva Dut was just one of
the few who survived the months of
travelling to and from refugee
camps, and the many years they
would stay at each one. Afer re-
turning from America and fnding
out that his father was sufering
from a disease related to water con-
taminaton, he saw South Sudans
lack of infrastructural investment as
a problem and wanted to help im-
prove it.. Afer being relocated to
the U.S.A., he began his educaton
and set up the humanitarian organi-
zaton, Water for South Sudan, who
aim to help bring fresh water to the
many remote villages in the coun-
try.
Body Paragraph
Based in Rochester, New York and
founded by Salva Dut, Water for
South Sudan are operatng in re-
mote villages of the country, drilling
borehole wells to provide a stable
freshwater source near the villages
in South Sudan. Salva was inspired
to build such a foundaton when he
returned to Sudan afer being relo-
cated to the U.S.A. in order to start
a new life. Upon his return, he
found out that his father was sufe-
ring from guinea worm disease and
needed stomach surgery, which is
where he found his inspiraton too.
Water for South Sudan is a non-
proft organizaton sponsored by
faith groups, humanitarian organi-
zatons, and educatonal groups.
They work on building borehole
wells, which require compressed
air, diesel, tme, and more impor-
tantly, an underground aquifer that
is capable of sustaining its water
supply for the future. The teams
each use a drilling rig that can be
transported around the country to
drill hundreds of feet deep into
aquifers, which are layers of mineral
-rich rock that contain clean water
that came from rains pouring into
surface entrances. Currently, two
teams (a and b) are operatng on
either side of the White Nile, and by
May this year, they had already dril-
led 177 boreholes, each providing
up to a few thousand people with
freshwater. Another mission of Wa-
ter for South Sudan is to encourage
social progress in the remote vil-
lages and give the people the deter-
minaton necessary for them to
transform their lives.
South Sudanese people have to walk for
miles to collect drinking water.
Source: http://vimeo.com/32587296
SOUTH SUDAN S WATER CRISIS ADDRESSED BY WATER FOR SOUTH
SUDAN
BY BEN FAULKNER
Middle School Magazine -8- AFRIKI Project
PAGE 2 NEW YORK TIMES
Final Paragraph
Inspired by the experience of run-
ning away from home through the
harsh desert climate and seeing the
devastang eects of water conta-
minaon on health, Salva Dut
started a foundaon that essenal-
ly brings clean water to the people
living in South Sudan and as impor-
tantly, hope. The volunteer
workers and sponsoring groups are
necessary for the organisaon to
be able to drill borehole wells in
the ground. The 2013 drilling sea-
son has been the most successful
since the start of the organizaon,
because the teams constructed for-
ty new wells out of 177 built since
2005. Not only does Water for
South Sudan do what the tle
shows, but they have another mis-
sion to bring hope and forward
thinking mindsets to the people
they help. The people living in the
villages have many challenges to
overcome, such as ongoing war, no
electricity, the harsh desert cli-
mate, and mineelds remaining
from war. The organizaon in ques-
on shows examples of challenges
in their own work, which the
people use as an example to show
them how to persevere and hope.
Again, the people living there have
helped by crushing rocks for gravel
and unloading vehicles, etc. Provi-
ding freshwater to the places that
are in desperate need for it can
also encourage future possibilies
and social progress in the form of
educaon and health, etc. Salva
said, Make sure you guys build a
school over here, by the well. That
is the goal for us. Everywhere we
have a well, make sure the commu-
nity contributes to build a school.
Just building one well can trans-
form a village into a place of educa-
on, health, markeng, and major
social progression.
Editorial
Providing fresh water to remote
villages in South Sudan inuences
many strengths in social progress,
economics, and the protecon of
the environment. Instead of de-
vong up to six hours of a day walk-
ing many miles to nd water, chil-
dren can stay in their villages and
engage in much more useful acvi-
es that benet them and their
community. For example, if a school
is built near a well, it will aract and
bring together the necessary sta
and pupils if they can come and ex-
pect to have basic necessies like
water there. Therefore, people
would be able to develop the rural
infrastructure with their knowledge
from educaon and the ability to
expect fresh water there. What edu-
caon leads to is globalizaon,
when people have sucient
knowledge to engage in solving
global issues, which is an ulmate
goal in social progress. Likewise, if
women have more me on their
hands, gender equality is improved
because they can choose to empow-
er themselves and work as much as
their husbands in entrepreneurial
businesses to provide their families
with an income. If water is clean,
without bacteria and parasites, the
number of parasic deaths and dis-
eased pregnancies would be greatly
reduced, which would allow people
to focus on other problems. If more
money was invested into clinics and
pharmaceucals, treatments (not
necessarily cures) for AIDS and Ma-
laria would be introduced. Evident-
ly, another key aspect to these
strengths and future possibilies is
money and the ability to invest.

Surprisingly, the act of providing the
remote areas of the country with
freshwater can promote stable eco-
nomic growth and let people ulise
the natural resources available to
their benet. If women are given
the opportunies to work with their
family, they can use their freedom
by seng up entrepreneurial busi-
nesses, which is a step forward in
decreasing poverty. This would in
theory require creang basic com-
munal systems, which is taken care
of with Water for South Sudan
teaching people leadership skills
and how to empower themselves.
Furthermore, if these communal
groups collected small taxes, over
me they would be able to invest it
in infrastructure if there were no
more basic needs that needed ad-
dressing. To expedite the cash ow
even more, the educated students
could gain degrees in specialized
subjects, therefore allowing them to
export their products for money in
return. In addion, natural re-
sources and economic growth are
interconnected, because South Su-
dans natural resources are signi-
cant enough to grant them more
income. When people stay in one
place and assemble their infrastruc-
ture, the South Sudanese people
can invest in their mining industries
which can then extract the dia-
mond, gold, and silver from the
ground. Thus the people could make
a lot of money using the minerals in
their own business or exporng
People in the village of Aguor honoring
the school that donated the funds for a
new well.
Source: http://www.globalgiving.org/
donate/5628/water-for-south-sudan-inc/
Winter 2013/2014 -9- AFRIKI Project
Caption describing
picture or graphic.
them to other country states. Evi-
dently, providing one basic need
can transform the lives of many
people, and Water for South Sudan
addresses some millennium devel-
opment goals in place.

The various dierent strengths de-
tailed in this arcle prove that Wa-
ter for South Sudan Corporaon
can assuredly address various Mil-
lennium Development Goals in
place today. The MDGs that are
directly addressed are numbers 1-5
(in order: poverty and hunger, pri-
mary educaon, gender equality,
child mortality, and maternal
health). Essenally, poverty and
hunger is reduced as water scarcity
is a key component in amplifying
hunger and thirst in developing
countries. In addion, gender
equality is eradicated if women
have more me to allocate to mak-
ing their familys income source. In
relaon, when children have me
at their disposal, they can be edu-
cated by teaching sta that start
working. When these children have
access to clean drinking water, the
child mortality rate is reduced be-
cause less occurrences of diarrhoea
or parasic diseases happen. Like-
wise, this keeps maternal health at
a consistent high because less dan-
gerous microbes are brought into
peoples bodies through the respir-
atory system. Although the MDGs
were set for compleon in 2015, it
is unlikely that they will be accom-
plished so that was likely done to
increase the rate of compleon. As
well as compleng millennium de-
velopment goals, this lets posive
long term possibilies arise for the
people and the government in
South Sudan.

Organizaons like Water for South
Sudan inuence long term benets
for the people living in the aected
regions. For example, the educa-
on that arises from giving a village
clean water leads to globalizaon
in the long term because when stu-
dents get degrees in specialized
subjects, businesses can make
more exports to the outside world,
thus providing money. This money
could then be used to turn South
Sudan into a centre of economy for
its neighbouring countries, or po-
tenally the whole world. There-
fore, South Sudan would turn into
a more global country with vast
cultural diusion and increased
input into soluons to global is-
sues. Next, another possibility is for
the country to develop its infra-
structure to a high standard. Many
of the countrys roads are narrow,
unpaved, and obstructed by faulty
bridges and unsuitable driving ter-
rain. Once many buildings are con-
structed in the form of towns and
villages, interconnecng motor-
ways and roads can be built to in-
crease accessibility to the capital
city, Juba, or other cies. However,
for this to happen, people would
have to bring automobile indus-
tries further into the countrys re-
mote areas so people could use the
roads. The next step for infrastruc-
ture is related to globalizaon, be-
cause it would be to increase the
telecommunicaons market there
is. Bringing internet and even elec-
tricity to some people could dras-
cally increase learning opportuni-
es and make people more aware
of what is happening outside their
country. Evidently, Water for South
Sudan could cause future possibili-
es for the people living there.


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Source: http://www.un.org/
millenniumgoals/
Middle School Magazine -10- AFRIKI Project
HIV/AIDS is a worldwide epidemic that aects millions of
people. The disease originated in Africa and has been
prevalent in Africa since the 1930s but it was not unEl
the 1970s that there emerged the rst signs of an
epidemic. In 2011 it was predicted that 34 million
people around the world were living with HIV/AIDS.
Africa has one of the highest populaEons of HIV posiEve
people, and it is esEmated by the UN that
one in six people in Africa have HIV/AIDS: 25 million
people. Seven thousand people are diagnosed with HIV/
AIDS every day, and according to UNAIDS the life
expectancy in Africa has dropped from age 65-70 in the
1980s to age 45-50 today. It is also esEmated that more
than 20% of the child populaEon in Africa was orphaned
due to HIV/AIDS. Botswana is believed the worst
aected country by HIV/AIDS. Three hundred and
Vy thousand people in Botswana have HIV/AIDS, which
is around 20% of the populaEon. Botswana is a small
country bordering South Africa, and it is one of the most
economically stable countries in Africa because of its
diamond mines. In the 1980s many people came to
Africa looking for jobs in the diamond mines. The
country became overpopulated and many of the men
who worked throughout the week at the diamond mines
spent their weekends at brothels. This large inux of
mine workers and the ready availability of brothels,
together with denial at the poliEcal level about HIV/AIDS
and the use of brothels, led to the quick spread of HIV/
AIDS. At the Eme the people of Botswana were not
properly informed about the disease and it was not unEl
thousands of people had been aected that the
government began to take acEon in the late 1990s. The
government of Botswana started bringing in outside
organisaEons to help them gain control of the epidemic.
In recent years non-prot organisaEons such as ACHAP
and SOS Childrens Villages have helped control HIV/AIDS
in Botswana.
ACHAP (The African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS
Partnerships) is a country-led, public-private
organisaEon that works in Africa to help prevent HIV/
AIDS from spreading in Botswana. Their main workshops
and centres are set up in Botswana. ACHAP was founded
in 2000 and is a partnership between the Bill and
Melinda Gates FoundaEon and Merck (a pharmaceuEcal
company), and ACHAP also receives funding and help
from the government of Botswana. ACHAP is working to
improve funding for medicaEon and resources, as well
as educaEng the people of Botswana. In 2000 only 5% of
the people in Botswana who needed medicaEon for
HIV/AIDS were provided with it. By 2010, 90% of people
in need of medicaEon for HIV/AIDS were given the
proper medicaEon. Botswana has been enormously
successful possibly the most successful, in all of Africa,
in terms of treatment levels. Somewhere around 85%
of all people who need treatment are on treatment.-
David Greeley Sr. Director, Merk & Co. To achieve this
result both the Bill and Melinda Gates FoundaEon and
Merck have commided over $50 million to Botswana.
This money went to building more hospitals and bringing
in trained doctors and nurses to help care for the
paEents. They have built more mobile clinics all over
Botswana and Merck has given free supplies of current
HIV/AIDS drugs to Botswana. As a consequence the
transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child has
decreased by 80%. ACHAP has also set up learning
centres around Botswana where people can come and
learn how to prevent HIV/AIDS from spreading. For
example, they have a campaign to encourage safe male
circumcision. ACHAP is not the only HIV/AIDS
organisaEon in Botswana, SOS Childrens Villages is
another.
Unlike ACHAP, SOS Childrens Villages focuses solely on
children in Botswana who have been aected by HIV/
AIDS, whether it is the children who have HIV/AIDS or if
they were orphaned because their parents have died of
HIV/AIDS. SOS Children Villages was founded in 1980
and over the years has set up three SOS villages in
Botswana. It is esEmated that 20% of the child
populaEon in Botswana are orphaned due to HIV/AIDS
(16,000 children) and only 10% of children with HIV/
AIDS are able to receive the right medicaEon. Each
village can provide for up to 120 orphaned children.
Children are brought to a village where they can live, be
provided with medicaEon, and receive a good
educaEon. In our SOS villages out of 560 kids, probably
70 have full-blown HIV/AIDS. So there is certainly need
for alot of HIV/AIDS treatment Derek James-NaEonal
Director, SOS Children's Villages Botswana. In Botswana
the organisaEon has also set up two SOS youth faciliEes,
and two SOS social centres. Both faciliEes work to
improve educaEon on HIV/AIDS in Botswana and supply
paEents with the resources and medicaEon that they
need. For example, SOS Villages will provide their
paEents with clean water to reduce the chances of them
gekng sick. The social centres also oer family
strengthening programs that teach parents how to care
for their sick children, and if the parents are sick they
help the parents nd work so that they can care for their
children. With the help of SOS Children Villages the
under-ve mortality rate per 1,000 births dropped from
89 in 2003 to 40 in 2011. Overall both ACHAP and SOS
Children Villages have worked hard, and they are slowly
making a dierence in Botswana.
In conclusion both organisaEons are working eecEvely
to help Botswana out of its HIV/AIDS situaEon. Even
though neither organisaEon had yet successfully rid
Botswana of HIV/AIDS, both organisaEons are steadily
moving towards their goals of transforming Botswana
into a HIV/AIDS free country. Both organisaEons are
working on expanding and sekng up new campaigns.
Both the organisaEons and government of Botswana
hope to make big changes for the future of Botswana. If
they can rid their country of HIV/AIDS, Botswana will
become a healthier, more economically stable country.
AIDS Crisis in Botswana
Can they be saved?
The Red Ribbon
AIDS is a chronic, potenEally
life-threatening condiEon
caused by the human
immunodeciency virus (HIV).
By damaging your immune
system, HIV interferes with your
body's ability to ght the
organisms that cause disease.
HIV is a sexually transmided
infecEon. It can also be spread
by contact with infected blood,
or from mother to child during
pregnancy, childbirth or breast-
feeding. It can take years before
HIV weakens your immune
system to the point that you
have AIDS.
HIV/AIDS
http://www.mayoclinic.com/
health/hiv-aids/DS00005
By Sarika Hayes
Winter 2013/2014 -11- AFRIKI Project
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Middle School Magazine -12- New York Photographer visits ISL
New York Photographer visits ISL
Colton Summers
From March 10-14, a New York photographer
named Accra Shepp visited ISL and presented his
art to the entire Middle School at an assembly. He
also worked with certain 9th to 12th grade stu-
dents on several diferent projects. Students took
pictures of the Luxembourgish landscape and in-
dividuals which the photographer will make into a
book. The book will later be placed in a public area
in Luxembourg and will remain there for an entire
year; after one year has passed the book will be
placed in a gallery. Shepp commented: Im inter-
ested in our relationship with the environment.
We take the control away from the human being
and we give that level of energy to the environ-
ment and it will turn the pages. So we just need
to take a step back and allow the book to unfold.
They will turn freely through the wind, rain and
snow
He later said this about Luxembourgish culture:
Moments after a child is born, he or she has such
a personality. Luxembourg is like a newborn child.
Although Luxembourg is not physically, geo-
graphically large, it doesnt mean that its culture
is not distinct and set.
Image taken from: http://www.wort.lu/en/
view/new-york-photographer-comes-to-isl-
5326bbd2e4b0277007c87a55
Photo Taken by: Accra Shepp
Image taken from: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/accra/the-islands-of-new-york-two-solo-museum-shows-
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Winter 2013/2014 -13- Interview with Luxembourgish Taekwondo Champion
Interview with Luxembourgish
Taekwondo Champion - Christine
van der Grift
Emanuel Diss
Q1) What is Taekwondo?
Taekwondo is a Korean discipline. It is, to some,
considered the fastest fghting sport in the
world, as its immediate purpose is ofense with-
out parley. The grading system is the following,
and takes the form of diferent colored belts: the
frst level is white, then white-yellow, yellow, yel-
low-green, green, green-blue, blue, blue-red, red,
red-black, black, and then 1-10 Dann (an advanced
form of the black belt).
Q2) How long have you been doing Taekwondo?
6 years. I am a blue-red belt, and may soon be
getting my red.
Q3) What did you have to achieve to earn the title
of Luxembourgish Champion of Taekwondo?
There are two competition categories, LK 1 (yel-
low, green-blue) and LK 2 (blue-black). I had to
fght the person in one of the multiple category
fnals within the LK 2 Luxembourgish competi-
tion to win. I won the 1st place for the National
Championships by 21 points to 15 (the points
are determined by the complexity of the kick or
punch, only the chest and head touches count).
Q4) How often do you train?
I train in Diekirch twice a week, 15 minutes from
my home. Diekirch is 1 hour from the city center.
Q5) Does it cost a fortune?
100 euros per year. It takes 5 years before one
has to renew their license (this is a document
that one needs to be allowed to train in competi-
tions, the cost of the appointment is incorporat-
ed with the training fund).
Q7) How do you sign up?
You just go up to a club and ask if they would ac-
cept you, they then give you the training times as
well as an appointment with a doctor to secure
your license (you need a license to go to tourna-
ments). However, white belts cannot compete in
national competitions.
Q8) Would you recommend this sport?
It depends on the club style and spirit, and also
on the person. Someone who enjoys training
and physical exertion would perhaps become a
capable martial artist, also someone who is disci-
plined and naturally coordinated, without much
doubt, would enjoy the rapidity of the sport of
Taekwondo.
Middle School Magazine -14- Interview with Howard Carter
Interview with Howard Carter
Charlote Scheideler
Interviewer: Thank you Howard Carter, for taking
the time to talk to us. Lets start with the interview.
Howard Carter: Yes, sure.
Interviewer: How did you get the idea to fnd Tut-
ankhamuns tomb?
Howard Carter: I got the idea because I am an ar-
chaeologist and as an archaeologist we have to
fnd unknown things like the mummies of big an-
cient pharaohs, so I wanted to fnd Tutankhamuns
tomb. I wanted to do this because so many peo-
ple tried it to fnd Tutankhamun's tomb. I knew if I
wanted to fnd it, I needed to have a lot of time and
money, so I asked Lord Carnarvon if he could help
me. I really wanted to fnd Tutankhamuns tomb
and I only wanted to stop as I found the tomb. In
the moment, it was my biggest dream. But he only
gave me money for 7 years because after a time he
would not have enough money anymore. So I had
to fnd a lot of workers and we had to work very
fast.
Interviewer: Why did you go to Egypt and where
did you live there?
Howard Carter: I went to Egypt for my work to fnd
Tutankhamuns tomb. We lived in a small camp
near to the Valley of the Kings. There were many
tents. Everyone has one tent where he could sleep
and where he has his clothes and some other stuf
which belonged him. We had some big tents where
we could eat or other ones with bathrooms. So we
didnt live in a big beautiful hotel.
Interviewer: Who did you work with?
Howard Carter: I worked with Egyptian workers or
normal Egyptian people. I dont know their names.
Their job was to dig in the desert sand and to bring
it away in baskets. They had to be very carefully
that they didnt break something buried in the
sand. Then we had some water boys. Their job was
to bring water to the workers because everyone
got very thirsty in the desert.
Interviewer: What was a normal day for you?
Howard Carter: I had to get up very early in the
morning. Then I ate a small breakfast and then I
went to the Valley of the Kings with my workers.
We worked the whole day in the hot sun. We had
only some small breaks where we could drink and
eat something. After the breaks we had to work
again until the evening. Late in the evening we
went back in the camp and ate something for din-
ner and then we all fell directly a sleep.
Interviewer: As one of your workers found the frst
step of the tomb. How did you feel?
Howard Carter: I didnt know what to say or do. I
was speechless. I couldnt believe it. I really hoped
it was Tutankhamuns tomb. The frst thing I said
was: Dig! and then as we found the other steps.
I was overjoyed. But as we went back to the camp
we had put the sand on the steps again so that no-
body could go in the tomb before us as and we did
all the work. But in that night I really couldnt sleep,
I was too excited.
Interviewer: Why dont you believe the curse of the
mummy?
Howard Carter: First, if I would believe the curse of
the mummy nobody would work with me because
they would be all very scared that they will get a
curse and they will die or that they will have no luck
for their whole life. And second why should I be-
lieve a curse, the mummy is dead and the spirit of
it is in the heaven or somewhere else. It cant do
something to us anymore.
Interviewer: How did you feel as you opened the
tomb and then a lot of people died?
Howard Carter: I tried to think positive and that they
not die because we opened the tomb or a curse. I
said to myself that the workers died because some
mosquito bites and I think thats true and that Lord
Carnarvon died because he was ill. Lord Carnarvon
was already very ill before we opened the tomb. At
this time It was really hard to work for us all. But
we didnt give up because of it.
Interviewer: Do you want to do an adventure like
this again?
From the 6th Grade English as a second language class
Winter 2013/2014 -15- Interview with Howard Carter
Howard Carter: I think I will not do an adventure
like this again. It was a great time but we worked
every day very hard, it was hard because the desert
is really sandy and the sun shone the whole day re-
ally hot. My biggest dream came true. I still cant
believe it that I found Tutankhamuns mummy. But
now I have everything what I want and I only want
to live my life. I stopped to be an archaeologist and
now Im a part-time agent for collectors and muse-
ums.
Interviewer: Thank you for this great interview
Howard Carter.
Howard Carter: Thank you that I could talk to you.
Bye! :-)
Te Goal of this Interview:
Te Curse of the Mummy
Interview with Howard Carter or Tariq
We could either pretend to do an interview with either Howard Carter or Tariq, two of the characters from the
book we had read in class The Curse of the Mummy. Firstly, we had to write fve to ten questions for the charac-
ter we had chosen. Then we had to do some research about the person and how best to answer the questions.
You had to look at the book to help you to fnd information and be creative using your imagination to bring the
character to life. Then we tried to write the best responses on Google docs so we could get comments from Mrs.
F-J about how to improve what we had written. Then we printed the interviews out and checked them for any
mistakes. We practised reading with our partner who would act as the interviewer. We then performed these
speaking in English in front of the class.
6th Grade Pre-Intermediate EAL Class
Middle School Magazine -16- ISMTF Middle School Math Comptetition
ISL has hosted the 2014 ISMTF Middle School Maths
Competition. Tis prestigious maths competition is
organised by the International Schools Mathematics
Teachers Foundation, the ISMTF. Te ISMTF is a
nonproft foundation whose purpose is to provide
support in the enrichment of teaching and learning
of mathematics at international schools, nurture ex-
change of experiences among mathematics educa-
tors, and to help generate interest in and enthusiasm
for mathematics among students of these schools.
http://www.ismtf.org/
Tis was the frst time ISL had hosted this event,
which promised to bring over 100 students and
teachers from around the world to compete, as well
as learn about our wonderful country of Luxem-
bourg. Hosting this event was a signifcant milestone
for our school, and it was a great opportunity for
everyone in the school community to come together
and get involved.
On the weekend of February 28th to March 2nd, 156
students met in the ISL Lower School to compete. Te
students arrived from all over the world, from Dubai,
Morocco, Poland and many other countries. Te com-
petition itself took place on Saturday morning. Each
school attending sent 1 to 3 teams of 3 students each.
10 rounds of questions were separately given out to
the teams, including short, long and multiple choice
questions. Afer 2 hours of competition, the teams
were served lunch in the brand new Lower School
cafeteria. Ms. Cutshall and Mr. Bennett had organised
a great set of activities for the afernoon. Te students
were transported by bus to the Muse Dri Eechelen
in Kirchberg and had an interesting tour around the
museum. Ten they toured the neighbouring Philhar-
monie. Afer that the students had the great surprise
of attending a very exceptional concert by a cello play-
er who was a delight to watch. Te ISL students then
went home with the students they were housing.
Te second day brought a fun day: the Sunday Chase!
ISMTF Middle School Math Competition
Marcus Cope and Michel Knaf
Winter 2013/2014 -17- ISMTF Middle School Math Comptetition
It was hosted in the gym and there were diferent sta-
tions which had diferent questions. However, they
were not all math questions, some included rubiks
cubes and making paper airplanes. Tis was a great
ending to the competition because students were not
in teams with other students from their school. Stu-
dents were put with two other students from any of
the other participating schools.
Finally the moment everybody had been waiting for;
the prize ceremony. Te competition was won by the
International School of Eindhoven. Te American
Cooperative school of Tunis proudly lef with the 2nd
place trophy and the American School of London
were awarded 3nd place.
Afer this exciting event the students were put on
buses to catch their trains or airplanes and the ISL
students went home, without a trophy, but proud for
getting 3 teams in the top 20.
Math Club:
We would like to invite any Middle Schooler that en-
joys maths to join Math club next year. Many students
already met up during lunches this year to play games
and complete maths questions. It is an opportunity
to discover new things in the maths world and have
some fun with friends. Te most attending and best
students eventually get the chance to travel to another
city and participate in an ISMTF competition. Tere
are other competitions in which we take part that we
do directly from here and later send our tests in. So if
you enjoy maths, make sure to ask your maths teach-
ers next year about the maths club. And for 8th grad-
ers, there is also a Junior Math club for students in
High School.
Middle School Magazine -18- TSCHICK
Winter 2013/2014 -19- Do violent video games induce violence?
Do violent video games induce
violence?
Robert Stok
Everyday tens of thousands people switch on
their gaming consoles and sit down to play a
game. While some people choose to play a peace-
ful game like Little Big Planet others play violent
games such as Call Of Duty. This brings up the
common question Do violent video games make
their players more violent? Like most disagree-
ments, there are two main sides to this argument;
that people do and dont get more violent from
video games. We see loads of examples for both
views, so what is the truth?
Firstly, there are all the critics out there
that believe video games do make you more vi-
olent. It does make sense; if you yourself make
a violent action on a screen then you feel more
like making that action in real life. They give ex-
amples such as mass shootings, done by people
who played video games. Various universities, re-
search departments and psychologists have mon-
itored gamers brain activity and behavior and
asked them how they felt when they were shown
diferent videos or actions. Other participants
who didnt play video games were also monitored
while seeing or doing the same activities as the
frst group of participants. Their studies showed
that the participants who played video games had
increased brain activity when they were shown vi-
olent or aggressive actions and videos, while the
other participants were calmer and seemed to get
less aggravated when shown the same videos and
actions. Many parents dont let their children play
violent video games, not just because they might
have nightmares or become scared, but also be-
cause they might become hyper active or more
violent as they have witnessed this before. So
the critics are saying that violent video games are
causing people to be more aggressive but there
is also another side, the gamers and people who
just dont believe that a simple video game is that
bad.
Weve seen how playing violent video
games can afect the human brain, but there are
very many people who support video games and
say they are completely harmless. They counter a
lot of the studies and experiments done by scien-
tists who say video games provoke violent think-
ing by saying they arent properly conducted. They
say that asking the subjects themselves what they
felt was not an accurate way to get data and that
even when there were correct the results were
minor and only lasted for a short period of time.
Most of the shootings that were blamed on video
games were usually later proven to have been be-
cause the person was sufering mental illness or
was depressed, and not because he was violent
and `hopped up from video games`. If you take a
look at the average gamer you will see he/she is
about 37 years old, with a job and a family, and
plays about 11 hours of video games a week. This
is contrary to the stereotypical 20 year old `shut
in` who has no job and drinks too much `red bull`
which is the perfect character if you think video
games are too violent. With most gamers having
families and jobs, which shows that gamers arent
just violent teenagers and the efects of the video
games only last a short while. So perhaps they
arent that violent, or are they?
Who is right? A question that has, so far,
not shown any real evidence in any direction. Al-
though there are many people arguing about vid-
eo games most of them are people who are either
gamers or people who think gamers are antiso-
cial. Most people are just supporting what afects
them instead of standing for what they really be-
lieve is right. There have also been some cases of
people complaining that video games are too vio-
lent while they themselves become violent from
other things such as alcohol showing that some-
times this is true. While there may apparently be
research and studies showing video games make
you more violent they are usually countered. This
kind of thing goes on for a long while and after a
good deal of arguing they seem to have come to
no conclusion at all. Perhaps there is no conclu-
sion but even if there is I think that the league of
video gamers will never cease to play.
Middle School Magazine -20- 7th Grade Trip to Trier
7th Grade Trip to Trier
Kyla White and Matlda Aberg
Do you know the Roman culture? As seventh graders, we had the opportunity to go to Trier and
experience it ourselves. Trier is very popular for their Roman ruins that are still in the city. Interestingly,
the area of Trier was an important part of Roman history. We visited the Imperial baths, the Amphithe-
atre, the Church and many other ancient Roman ruins. The whole of seventh grade was very lucky to be
a part of this trip. We all had a really great time and we were able to see the Roman ruins that we had
been studying about.
On the way to Trier, we had a really fun bus ride. We sat with our friends and played games to
entertain ourselves. About forty fve minutes to an hour went by and then we explored this great city in
Germany. The school had hired tour instructors to show us around and explain the history of the ruins.
The frst stop we made was the Amphitheatre, we saw how they kept their prisoners isolated underneath
and what they did to them when they were killed. The imperial baths were also very interesting. Romans
had these baths where they would go and bathe but it was public so many other people were there as
well. It was also a common meeting area for Romans to just talk with friends but also to talk about busi-
ness. Nele Henkel (grade 7) said her favourite part was the amphitheatre. It was a lot of fun and a great
learning experience.
In conclusion, this was a great learning experience, and it would never have happened if hadnt
been for the teachers who put time and efort into organizing it. They frst taught us about the Romans
and then they took us to personally experience how the Romans had lived their lives.
Megan Doyle
Winter 2013/2014 -21- Funky Foods from the Roman Times
Funky Foods from the Roman Times
Melkorka Kjartansdotr
The Romans were extraordinary and outrageous people. They experimented greatly with cooking, and
although the food was very similar to the Italian cuisine today, sometimes the meals were rather strange.
Rich Romans served more expensive and unusual food to show of. The more unusual the food was, the
more the guests were impressed. Some common foods where jellyfsh, rotten fsh guts, famingo brains,
a sows uterus, and newborn rabbits. But the Romans were particularly fond of Dormice! Romans had
dormice very often! The fattest of these rodents were considered a delicacy, which the wealthier Ro-
mans consumed. The Romans were also known to be fond of ice cream. Around the second century B.C.,
Nero Claudius Caesar often sent slaves into the mountains for snow, which were then favoured with
fruits and juices. There have also been stories about Romans creating fsh favoured ice cream, although
nothing can be shown to prove it is true.
Roman Dormice Recipe

1. Stuf Dormice with minced pork (or other dormice meat)
2. Chop up with herbs, pepper pine, and nuts
3. Sew up Dormice and cook in a small oven
Middle School Magazine -22- NECIS Baskteball
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Kyla White and Matlda Aberg
In the second trimester, from November to March the Basketball season kicked of to a great
start! We both signed up and it had been really fun and a great way to make more friends. A lot of kids
signed up full of excitement for a great season. The season has many home and away games where
we get the opportunity to travel and also host other International schools at our school. Throughout
the winter, our U14 team has gotten closer each practice and each game. We have learned to work
together and cooperate with each other and with that we have become a better friends and a better
team. Our team has also had lots of success due to the hard work we put into every practice and we
have learned that hard work does really pay of.
Having great coaches help us to be successful too. The U14 girls team has had the best coach-
es we could ask for, Coach Amanda and Coach St-Amand. Staying busy, Coach Amanda also coaches
the U12 girls and plays for a Luxembourg club. Both Coach Amanda and Coach St-Amand played bas-
ketball for many years and are really great athletes. We are very grateful for the efort they put into
every training session to push us to do our best. Nina Halldorsdottir, who is also a member of the
team, says that our coaches are very talented and very kind but also very tough- in a good way- so
that we can always achieve our goals and pushing us to always do our best. She also says that if she
could describe them in one word it would be amazing!. We love our coaches and appreciate the
work they put into coaching us into a great team. Adam Danielson, a player for the Boys U14 team.
says My coaches are really good and great coaches and that Coach Sam is the best coach in the his-
tory of basketball. I think my coaches are very professional, and they know how to get us to work,
and are strict, but in a good way. I also enjoy practice, because we get a lot out of it, and we learn to
work hard. That was Mark Hallerstrms (7) opinion on basketball practice. We could not get through
the season without a great coach to push us and help us learn from our mistakes.
Having a lot of pressure academically and keeping up with our school work, we have Study
Hall before practice. Study Hall goes on for 1 hour and 15 minutes. During this time, the U12 have their
practice. Supervising us at this time, is Mrs St- Amands husband, Shaggy. Study Hall is really fun but
also, it helps us catch up with our work. Shaggy is there to help us with whatever we need such as
math and social studies. Mrs. St- Amand is a teacher who also makes sure we are doing our home-
work and studying for tests, and of course we have to prioritize our school work, before we go away
to NECIS or other sporting events - such as away games.
To end the season, 12 girls are picked to go to Dsseldorf to play in the NECIS Tournament.
NECIS is a tournament with seven to nine other International School including, Antwerp, Dsseldorf,
Amsterdam, The Hague, Copenhagen, Bonn and Rotterdam. NECIS is a great time to hang out with
friends and meet new friends from other schools. Once again, we could not get through the season
or the tough games against rivals without our outstanding coaches. In conclusion, the basketball sea-
son, is a great way to become better friends with others and learn to love the game of basketball.
Winter 2013/2014 -23- NECIS Swimming
Student Becomes Coach
Bennet Wahlers
Being classifed as an U16 basketball player, I
unfortunately was not allowed to go to the U14
NECIS. Instead I took up the position of assistant
coach, which gave me the alternative of going to
NECIS at the same time, but not having to stress
out about the actual games. The U14 boys A team
came 3rd, and the B team came ffth in the plate.
Overall, ISD came frst, followed by Antwerp, and
other teams such as BIS and Amsterdam placed
themselves fourth, ffth, all the way down to 10th.
It was a blast, thanks to the coaches, of course!
GO EAGLES!
NECIS Swimming
Colton Summers
On March 28th and 29th students from 10 diferent schools attended a national swimming competition
hosted by ISL. The schools that attended were: ASH - American School of the Hague, AIS - Antwerp
International School, BIS Bonn International School, CIS - Copenhagen International School, ISA - In-
ternational School of Amsterdam, ISD - International School of Dsseldorf, ISH - International School of
Hamburg, ISL - International School of Luxembourg, and ISS - International School of Stavanger, SSHL
- Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Lroverket. There were over 350 races swam and nearly 1,500 medals
won at the two pools on the Geesseknppchen campus in Luxembourg. On Friday night all students
were invited to a social dinner and a disco at the Novotel Hotel in Kirchberg. The last time ISL hosted
NECIS Swimming was seven years ago in 2007, at which time todays 12th grade seniors where in only
5th grade. It was incredible to see so many students from numerous schools meet up again this year
after seeing each other at the same competition for years.
Middle School Magazine -24- End of Winter Edition 2013/2014
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